10 December The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 06
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Philip Sidney1554 · Penshurst English poet, courtier, diplomat (1554-1586) -
Thomas Holcroft1745 · London British writer (1745-1809) -
Ada Lovelace1815 · London English mathematician (1815–1852) -
Isabella Fyvie Mayo1843 · London Scottish poet, novelist, reformer (1843–1914) -
Rumer Godden1907 · Eastbourne English essayist and writer (1907–1998) -
Ken Campbell1941 · Ilford British actor, director and writer (1941-2008)
Thought for the day
And he smiles, but not as Sultans smile, and settles back the blade.... (But Don John of Austria rides home from the Crusade.)
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Photo credits
- Philip Sidney: After Antonis Mor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Holcroft: John Opie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ada Lovelace: Antoine Claudet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Isabella Fyvie Mayo: Mayo, Isabella Fyvie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Rumer Godden: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ken Campbell: Wingspeed at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alice Mary Buckton: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Algernon Blackwood: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sophie Kinsella: Elena Torre from Viareggio, Italia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized